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Re: /usr/doc link



On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Andrew Suffield wrote:

>  	  in <tt>/usr/doc/<var>package</var></tt>.  To realize a
>  	  smooth migration to
>  	  <tt>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></tt>, each package
> +          added a symlink <tt>/usr/doc/<var>package</var></tt>
> +	  that pointed to the new location of its documentation in
> +	  <tt>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></tt>. This is no
> +          longer necessary, and packages may now remove the symlinks.
>  	</p>
>        </sect>

The symlink need not be removed. Removal is already handled by old
packages' postrm script. New packages just should not install a new one
in their postinst script.

| This is no longer necessary, and packages no longer should create the
| symlinks.

					yours,
					peter

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